[Lab] Raspberry Pi

Tue Sep 4 11:45:08 EDT 2012

Does anyone in the lab own a Raspberry Pi yet?

I believe it is now possible to do group orders.

Marinus Swanepoel
 Interactive Multimedia Developer
Phone: 613-915-0027

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:

> :-O
>
> Crap! Thanks Marinus!
>
> I will not be doing a bulk order.  I did not see that in the FAQ.  Good
> luck to all of you :)
>
> Tom
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Marinus Swanepoel <
> marinuswanepoel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to do a group order? From their FAQ page:
>>
>> How many can I buy in one go?
>>> For the first batch we are limiting orders to one per person. This
>>> restriction will be relaxed as production gets in to full swing, and we can
>>> be sure of getting boards to all who want them. This should prevent eBay
>>> scalping (to some extent – we will also be auctioning some boards ourselves
>>> to try to make sure there’s no market for scalpers), and ensure that as
>>> many different individuals as possible get their Raspberry Pi!
>>
>>
>> If yes, I'm in for one (preferably a Model B -- the one with Ethernet).
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ship date for the Raspberry Pi is Feb 20th.
>>>
>>> http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/615
>>>
>>> I am still planning on doing the bulk order but will be out of town that
>>> day as it's Family Day weekend.  If they offer preorders earlier then we'll
>>> be ok but otherwise is anyone else in a position to be willing to do the
>>> order on Monday?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Nigel Vezeau <nigel_vezeau at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'll take one too if you're doing the bulk thing.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Nigel Vezeau
>>>>
>>>>    *From:* Jean-Marc LeBlanc <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com>
>>>> *To:* Mark Stephenson <mark.b.stephenson at gmail.com>
>>>> *Cc:* lab at artengine.ca; Michael Lechasseur <mlecha at artengine.ca>
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:46:44 PM
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Lab] Raspberry Pi
>>>>
>>>> me too
>>>>
>>>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>>>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Mark Stephenson
>>>> <mark.b.stephenson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Count me in for one unit if you go ahead with a bulk order.
>>>> >
>>>> > Mark Stephenson
>>>> >
>>>> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >> If shipping's expensive, and they allow bulk orders, I'd be willing
>>>> to
>>>> >> organize a group buy when they're available.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The only thing I'd like to do is have everyone say how many they
>>>> want now
>>>> >> (or soon) so that the moment they become available I know the number
>>>> to
>>>> >> order.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Tom
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Paul & Andrea Mumby <
>>>> themumbys at gmail.com>
>>>> >> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Yeah I definitely intend on picking a few up. I have several
>>>> projects in
>>>> >>> mind which will use them as controllers.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Also I want to use one as a Media PC to replace my giant clunky
>>>> fullsize
>>>> >>> PC in my livingroom.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> - Paul
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Michael Lechasseur <
>>>> mlecha at artengine.ca>
>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Anyone following/interested in this new board coming out the of
>>>> the UK
>>>> >>>> for $25? (http://www.raspberrypi.org/)
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TgR74Kp6Ws4
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> The computer has hardware video decoding on board. "The GPU is
>>>> capable of
>>>> >>>> BluRay quality playback, using H.264 at 40MBits/s."
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Powered by a 5V microUSB so should be real good on power for an
>>>> always on
>>>> >>>> device.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Saw another video demoing XBMC (Xbox Media Center) on the device.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Should be for sale in a week or two.
>>>> >>>>
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